A deal on reforming the EU’s power market, reached by the 27 EU member states on Tuesday (17 October), paves the way for Paris to ditch a much-decried scheme forcing state utility EDF to sell its nuclear energy production to competitors below market price.
read more... 20/10/2023
Hopes were high for the BarMar hydrogen pipeline project linking Spain and France when it was announced almost a year ago. But with no news since then, French experts say the project was in fact always a non-starter.
read more... 20/10/2023
European Union countries' energy ministers struck a deal to reform power market subsidies, Spain's energy minister said on Tuesday, defusing a stand-off between France and Germany over the future competitiveness of industrial sectors.
read more... 19/10/2023
EU energy ministers are seeking to resolve differences over the use of contracts for difference (CfDs) to support nuclear energy investment on Tuesday. Some countries support the initiative as they see CfDs as key to incentivising investment in an industry with uncertain rates of return on capital. Others believe CfDs will disrupt the pricing mechanism for energy markets in Europe.
read more... 18/10/2023
A stand-off between France and Germany over the future competitiveness of their industries will be the central point of discussion when EU energy ministers meet in Luxembourg on Tuesday, EU diplomats said.
read more... 17/10/2023